Adventurous?
Can we guess the nationality of the first twat who puts the boned chicken piece in the bread and bites down hard?
Paris - coz a. JAL fly there and b. she likes putting meat in her mouth according to a certain video I've seen
Japan Airlines to serve KFC on Christmas flights
Japan Airlines has teamed up with Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan to offer its international long-haul passengers what may be the best economy class meal available, in the form of two pieces of the Colonel’s finest. The collaboration has been named “AIR KENTUCKY” (JAL’s caps) and will see passengers offered a drumstick, a …
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Friday 30th November 2012 07:31 GMT LarsG
Re: Adventurous?
Junk Food of the Sky's
Next it will be a reheated Big Mac and Fries with a Shake.
I remember when flying to the Far East meant proper cutlery, proper food, drinks when asked for and that was in economy. Now you get greasy American junk to be eaten with fingers that probably need a wash served in a cardboard box. When you get off at the other end all 200 passengers will reek of this greasy menu.
This is called progress.
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Friday 30th November 2012 09:45 GMT Chad H.
Re: Adventurous?
Meantime Lars, flying is cheaper and more accessable than its ever ment to be.
Not saying I think that the flying experience itself is better these days - it clearly isn't - but in remvoing some of the superf;lous elements of flying, there have been benefits.
Besides, given the quality of your average economy meal these days, I'd consider a bucket of Kentucky a welcome upgade.
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Saturday 1st December 2012 13:13 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Adventurous?
Because flying is so much cheaper in real terms now it unsually entails having to sit next to a gaggle of drunken sweaty chavs who have no idea what social graces are.
Hence flying has become more expensive as I travel business class to avoid them.
The final straw was on a flight to the US when four in front of me and one to the side were arrested and taken off the plane when we landed. Believe me the 11 hour flight was made hell for everyone in the aircraft.
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Friday 30th November 2012 11:48 GMT James Micallef
Re: Adventurous?
"I remember when flying to the Far East meant ....."
Turkish Airlines and BA have both fairls recently provided me with a not-too-expensive intercontinental flight that included proper* cutlery, proper food, and (alcoholic) drinks when asked for.
*proper in the sense of made out of metal. Unfortunately due to security theater they're rather blunt and unfit for purpose, but that's not the fault of cost-cutting. In fact it probably costs the airlines MORE to have blunt knives and un-pointy forks made especially
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Friday 30th November 2012 03:51 GMT Quxy
Too bad, really...
...as JAL's usual meals are a notch above what you find these days on US or European carriers. And while I agree that the chicken in the KFCs here is better than in the States, I've never understood the widespread popularity of ケンタッキー. But the article is right about Christmas time: already, the life-size statue of the Colonel outside every one of Japan's KFCs is dressed as Santa Claus, in a jolly red-and-white suit and hat.
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Friday 30th November 2012 17:08 GMT Beachrider
ケンタッキー·フライド·チキン is decent food, but the menu is too complex...
At KFC, you can get broiled chicken, their sweet-fried chicken or elaborately fried chicken. Its flavor is well above McDonald's or BK. They just have problems serving it quickly, because their overall sales process+menu is waaaay too complex.
As to a bunch of Londoners ragging on foreign restaurants; my experiences in London were that low-priced native food has an international reputation for being nothing special (find London's Italian, French, Spanish, German food instead). KFC sells well in London. (It is the only English town that I have spent any time in).
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Friday 30th November 2012 09:51 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Stink-o-rama?
Ewww I can't stand McDonalds.. sitting next to a family stuffing their faces with McDonalds on a plane would be Cruel & Unusual Punishment for sure...
McDonalds just smells rank no matter how fresh it is...
I always wonder how they became so popular when their rival actually has burgers that taste of meat not cardboard.. and the crazy thing is a small burger van usually has much nicer food at a better price than a McDonalds!
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Friday 30th November 2012 10:30 GMT Chris Miller
KFC is sold as KFC everywhere in the world (that they operate), even in France - with one exception. I was in Montreal for a conference with some French colleagues and they found it hilarious to see PFK - Poulet Frit Kentucky. But Québec is the province that brought you 'Chiens Chauds', so no surprise really.
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Friday 30th November 2012 11:30 GMT Graham Marsden
Down here we have Ken's Fried Chicken which makes me even less inclined to sample its wares than the KFC near the gym I go to.
Oh and that KFC wafts the smell of grease and fat through the air, presumably to make people think "Gosh, I'm hungry, I could really do with some Chicken Marinated With Salt, Sodium Phosphate, and Monosodium Glutamate. Seasoned With: Maltodextrin, Salt, Bleached Wheat Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil, Monosodium Glutamate, Spice, Palm Oil, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Soy Sauce (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Chicken Fat, Chicken Broth, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Extractives of Turmeric, Dehydrated Carrot, Onion Powder, and Not More Than 2% Each of Calcium Silicate and Silicon Dioxide Added As Anticaking Agents"!
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Friday 30th November 2012 07:04 GMT Barry Rueger
Depressing
... that my first reactions was "Hey - that sound WAY better than any airplane meal I've had in the last decade!
Addendum #1: Then again, those were mostly Air Canada flights.
Addendum #2: Interestingly, in Kentucky no-one eats KFC - they eat Lee's Famous, which is much better.
Addendum #3: next time you're in or near a KFC, try to find the word "fried" anywhere in the store.
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Friday 30th November 2012 09:46 GMT I ain't Spartacus
Re: It looks like two pieces of lemon chicken served with a sponge!!
Hmmmm. I've got an idea for a new chain. Falklands Fried Penguin.
It's the new chain of Falkland fast food restaurants to beat any blockade, with plenty of Omega 3 (given all the fish they eat). What's not to like? Cute logo/mascot, would annoy Argentina if it went global, and there are millions of penguins, I'm sure they could spare a few...
Obviously all Linux fans would eat there. So they've got a market.
[sometimes I worry about the ideas that pop out of my brain when I'm not concentrating]
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Friday 30th November 2012 07:38 GMT JeffyPooh
Christmas Day 1994 did not exist and nobody even noticed
Once upon a time (Cristmas Eve 1994), I was sitting on a JAL flight (Chicago to Narita). As I take an interest in such things, I was plotting our approximate location based on dead reckoning (the days before GPS maps were available on the Inflight Entertainment System). To a first approximation, we crossed the International Date Line shortly after 0000 local time. In other words, it was 24, 25, 26 December 1994 in fairly quick succession.
Christmas Day 1994 was only minutes in duration for us.
Based on the complete and utter non-reaction of the dozing crew and snoozing passengers, I don't think anyone else even noticed that it was Christmas Day, let alone that our 25 December 1994 lasted mere minutes in local time.
PS: Very cute Flight Attendants on JAL.
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Friday 30th November 2012 10:13 GMT Anonymous Custard
Because nothing says Christmas like a KFC "meal"?
“as a sandwich by sandwiching the fresh lettuce leaves and fragrant fillet in the bread, and topping it off with special mayonnaise.
I'm not sure what's more off-putting, the "fragrant fillet" (ie smells like it was cooked 3 days ago and then left in someones pocket), the "special mayonnaise" (bringing to mind cheesy 80s porn) or just the whole idea of an inescapable airline cabin reeking of the whole lot.
Like others have said, I can recall flying on JAL and enjoying the nice Japanese food that they served (albeit both the portion size and indeed the seat size were of oriental scale, but they did the job). I guess it's part of the sad trend that the modern younger Japanese just want to be Americans...
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Friday 30th November 2012 11:19 GMT DM101
Re: Because nothing says Christmas like a KFC "meal"?
Actually, in Japan, nothing does say Christmas like KFC.
I lived there for years and couldn't believe my first Christmas eve when the nearest KFC had a queue round the block for people who had pre-ordered a pile of lard for their family. Has been that way since the early 80s was the answer I got to incredulously asking what the ducking ruck they were all doing in line.
KFC have managed to take over the family Christmas dinner in Japan with brilliant marketing. It is either that or an incredibly expensive date-night where you are obliged to take your squeeze to some restaurant that has octupled their prices for the Christmas menu.
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